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Company originally projected $142 million in revenue. Forecast is now $11 million.

The anticipated Deus Ex prequel, originally due in March, has been delayed, and coupled with the debacle that is Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix announced it has slashed its earnings forecast for the remainder of the fiscal year by a ridiculous 91.7%.

The Japanese publisher first looked at its end of the fiscal year lineup, complete with a Final Fantasy MMO for PC and PlayStation 3 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and penciled in $142.4 million in projected revenue. Then the digital roof caved in.

Final Fantasy XIV Online on PC is still not charging subscription fees as the company works to iron out numerous bugs and gameplay issues, and the PS3 version has been delayed indefinitely. Square Enix also reshuffled the FFXIV development team, and the company is now working to take the game in a new direction.

Human Revolution, long in development at Eidos Montreal, has been bumped to fiscal 2011 for "further polish," a move no doubt triggered in-part by FFXIV's failures and the "harsh market feedback" Square Enix noted it has recently received. Numerous retailers were already accepting pre-orders for Deus Ex, which was set to ship on March 8.

The delay now slots Human Revolution's release sometime between April 2011 and March 2012. Asked for clarification or a smaller release window, Square would only say the game will ship sometime before April 2012.

Sharkey says: The FFXIV hot mess is particularly odd when you consider Square already has experience with Final Fantasy MMOs. How could the company have screwed this one up so badly? And given that we've already seen what looks like a highly polished Deus Ex game, it appears Square is now a little gun shy. At least Human Revolution won't ship until it's really, officially, completely done.